Washing machine with folding wringer



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WASHINGMACHINE WITH FOLDING WRINGER F1ed`Dec.l9, 1921 2 SbeetS-Sheet l March 27, 1928. 1,664,223

l -H, D. PAYNE ET AL WASHING MACHINE WlITi- FOLDING WRINGER Filed Dec. 19, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet` 2 Patented Mar. 27, Y f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HALSEY D. PAYNE, ALVIN W. DE CLERQUE, AND SIDNEY T. SJOBERG, F CEICAGQ.

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC @c MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F EAST PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION 0F PENNSYLVANIA. Y

WASHING MACHINE WITH FOLDING W'RINGER.

Application filed ecember 19, 1921. Serial No. 523,604.

This invention relates to laundry machinery of Athe type commonly us'edY in homes'. Theobject of the invention is to so' equip Ithe cabinet of a power driven washing machine with a wringer for use in wringing the clothes delivered from the cabinet that the wringer may be tilted between its normal working position standing Vup above the' plane'of the upper edge of the tub to a posit-ion where it is below such plane', and therefore capable of being concealed by any 'sort of cover which may be placed across the top of the cabinet. -Another object is to swing the wringer about a vertical axis so that it may be used in different selected angular positions and to lock it in each of such positions. Still another object is to move the wringer in either of the two described directions without disturbing the application of power to the wringer.

p It is well known that it is necessary to cover up wringers and other washing machinery between periods of use, in order to keep such devices from getting dirty and deteriorating by mere contact with ordinary air, and one of the reasons for so mounting the wringer .is to enable such a cover to be readily applied.

The invention consists in means for carryinfr out the foregoing and other objects whic can be easily and comparatively cheaply made, which is satisfactory in use and is not readily liable to' get out of order.

It also consists in other details andfeatures of construction hereafter more fully set forth in the specification and claims.

Referring tothe drawings, in'which similar numerals represent the same parts throughout the several viewsy f Figure 1 is a side view partially in section of the mechanism illustrating this invention in its preferredrform; l

Figure 2 is an end View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; 'a 'y Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views of the pivot mechanism for the ,wringen the parts being separated so as to show the surfaces of contact. Y

The subject-matter shown land hereafter described and claimed, vin so `far'as itapplies to the foregoing figures, is a continua- *tion of our prior application, Serial No. 408,704, filed September 7, 1920, and-abanfore not shown in detail.

doned contemporaneously with the filing of this -easeV An improved modification of certain features of the foregoing figures 1s shown in the following additional figures, in which- 'i F igureis a side elevation, and Figure 6l an end view ofmechanism corresponding to Figures 1 and 2,`eXcept that the mechamsm is moved upin the washing cabinet to a point where the Vpivotal mechanism for shifting the wringer 1s above the top of the cabinet, and in that a latch mechanism is provided for Vlocking the wringer Vin its different angular positions as .it swings in a horizontal plane about the vertical power shaft; i

Figure 7 shows the same identical parts as original Figures 3 and 4, modified only in that the member 21 is .provided with perforations in which the latch referred to in connection with Figures 5 and 6 may enter;

Figure 8. is a perspective view of the bracket mechanismV showing the latch mechanism for locking the wringer in a horizontal plane app ied thereto; and

Figure 9 shows the latchable pivot strucy ture of Figure 8 positioned as in Figure 1.

The mechanism of this invention, conventionally shown, is applied to the upper portion of a washing cabinet 10 over whose upper edge 12 it is desirable to place some sort of a coverdevice.- Inside of this cabinet-secured to one wall*v by suitable attaching devices as bolts and Vscrews 14 is a bracket 16. Detachably inserted 'in a vertical perforation y18 in this bracket is a horizontallylrotatable hollowcase 20 within which is located a horizontally revolving bevel gear vdriven by` the washing machine proper forming no part of this invention and there- The rotatability of case 20 in thebracket 18 arises from the fact that as clearly shown in Figure 4, the case 2O is provided with adownwardly projecting cylindrical stem 21 which rests in the bracket as shown in Figure 1. In the absence of bottom fastenings for stem 21 it can rotate freely inside bracket 18 and about shaft 24, with which it is' concentric, as shown in Figure 1. Also enclosed within the case 20 is another bevel gear 26 meshing with gear 22, and carrying a horizontal in Figure 4 with an annular recess 44 adapty ed to fit over and revolve upon a'cylindriea'l lug 46 formed upon case 20., Aas shown in Figure .4 with an annular recess 44 adapted to fit overand revolve upon Va cylindrical lug 46 formed uponrcase 20, as shown in detail in Figure 3. The axis of rotation oi member38 on member 46 is concentric to f shaft 2:8 which passes through a perforation 48, clearly appearing in Figure 4, in member 38. yThe whole wringer mechanism is therefore rotatablethrough an arc lying in a planevat right angles tothe wringer rolls fromthe lfu'll'line position of Figures 1 and 2, where the wringer is in operative position for use, to the dotted line position of Figure 2, Iwhere it is below the Lipper edge 12 ot the washing cabinet, and there'iorefout of the way. lIt is also, when elevated through any reasonable angle desired, rotatable in a horizontal plane about the pivotal connection between ycasting 2O andbraclet 16. l

The wringer may be locked in either of these positions by any suitable means. In the particular embodiment of the invention the securing means takes the form .of a -reciprocatable pin 50 mounted in a suitable 1u-g52 extendingy Iitrom case 2O and urged by a spring54 to selectivelyenter holes55, 56 57 and 58 formed in `the member 38 to lock the wringer in one or the other of the positions shown, the hole 5G being used when the wringer is upright, asshown in Figure 1,-the hole 58 rbeing used when the wringefr is lowered to the posit-ion of Figure 2Q The pin 50 is retractible against the action of the spring 54 by use of the handle (3Q adapted to be operated by the .operator-when he desires to selectively position the wringer. It may be noted thatowing tothe tact that the arm 38 rocks about `the axis'io't' shaft 28 the operating relationship of the driving parts of the wringer is undisturbed .by the rocking movement oi' vthe Vwringerin moving from its elevated to its y depressed position. That is, the wringer rolls can be rotated by vpower shaft 24 when the wringer is lowered just as well as when itis raised, this not that itis Adesirable to do so, but to insure `the wriner being always ready `to operate without vangerot' its mechanismbeingoutu'of orderbecause of the lowering operation.

It will benoticed that when the wringer is depressed and the cabinet is ClOSed up by placing a cover over its upper edge, 'the enrolls.

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tire mechanism'is capable of very neat appearance, even though it may be kept in a room normally used for other purposes than washing, a condition which could not exist if the wringer had to stand in upright position.v f

The pivot mechanism for swinging the wringer about the 'axis of the vertical power vshaft 24, shown in Figures 5 to 8, is exactlj,7

the sameas that shown in Figures 1 to 4, except that the vertical tubular member carried bythe bracket is p rovided with horizontally yreciprocatable pin orbolt 72 of conventional construction, normally urged inward by a spring 7 4 so that the end of vthe bolt mayenter and ,lock in selected ones of suitablehojles provided for. it in the downwardly extending cylindrical .stem 2 1211 'Acorrespondingto the stem 2 1 o- Figures y1 and Vh'en it is desired tosliift thedwringer about the axis of vshaft 24, the operator simply withdraws 'the bolt from' opening :7.6 and v rotates the wringer until the bolt is in position-to enter another corresponding perforation 7 6 provided in member 21, whereupon the wringer is' located in a new horizontal position.

,jiistpointedout from Figures 1 to 4, except that the pivotalcenter ,or lthe wringer about the horizontal shaft 2 8is rraisedv to a lpoint above theupper edge of the Washing cabinet,this to show that the mechanism is capable of such a positioning, wise departing-'from the ,invention should the operatori 1desire to so` position the wringer.

1. In a device of thecharacterldescribed, a cabinet, a wringer, :means pivoting fthe wrlnger ata point inside the` vcabinet and below its Vupper edge in such a manner that tlieyviiiiger may .be `swung in an vare in a horizontal plane ,and in an are lying in a plane at lright anglesto tl'1=e b ody oit' the wringerfrom an elevated position where it placesy the wringer above tlie' t op of the cabi- -net to a position wherethe .wringer is below ,the top of the cabineg'ineans'forlockng said wring'er `in its 'elevated `position and power driven means operating through the cabinet adapted tok deliver powerV to the wringer a devicev of Athe characteridescribed, @voting the Wrmser at a pontirisde the v@agiterand below its upper edge in such a manner that without otherl the wringer may be swung in an arc in a horizontal plane and in an arc lying in a plane at right angles to the body of the wringer from an elevated position where it places the wringer above the top of the cabinet to a position where the wringer is below the top of the cabinet, means for locking said wringer in its elevated position, means for selectively locking the wringer in its different horizontal positions, fand po-wer driven means operating through the cabinet adapted to deliver power to 'the wringer rolls.

8. In a-device as described, a cabinet, a wringer provided with rolls mounted in a frame, means pivoting the frame at a point inside the cabinet and below its upper edge in such a manner that the wringer may swing both vin an arc in a horizontal plane and in an arc lying in a plane at right angles to the wringer rolls from an elevated position where it places the rolls above the top of the cabinet tov a lower position where the wringer is below the top of the cabinet, means for selectively locking the wringer in each of said positions, and power driven means operating through the cabinet adapted to deliver power to the wringer rolls, said power means being undisturbed as the wringer moves in -either of its two arcs of travel.`

4c. vIn mechanism of the class described, a washing cabinet, a wringer mounted in a frame, means pivoting the frame at a point inside the cabinet and below its upper edge in such a manner that the wringer may swing from an elevated position where it extends above the top of the cabinet to a lower position where it is below the top of the cabinet, means for selectively locking the wringer in each of said positions and power driven means operating through the cabinet adapted to deliver power to the wringer rolls, said power means being undisturbed as the wringer moves between its said extreme positions.

5. In mechanism of the class described, a washing cabinet, a wringer provided with rolls mounted in a: frame, means pivoting the frame at a point inside the cabinet and below its upper edge in such a manner that the wringer may swing in an arc lying in a plane at right angles to the wringer rolls from an elevated position where it extends above the top of the cabinet to a lower position where it is below the top ofthe cabinet, means for selectively locking the wringer in each of said positions, and power driven means operating through the cabinet adapted to deliver power to the wringer rolls, said power means being undisturbed as the wrinofer moves between its said extreme positions. Y

6. In a washing machine, the combination with a cabinet and a power driven wringer, of a vertical shaft within the cabinet, means for permitting `a swinging movement of the wringer about the shaft as an axis above the.

top of the cabinet, and meansiixed relatively to the top of the cabinet for permitting a single movement of the wringer about an axis yperpendicular to the shaft to a position below the top of the cabinet.

7. In a washing machine, a cabinet, a drive shaft therein, a wringer driven by the shaft, and means permitting a single folding movement of the wringer from an operating position above the top of the cabinet to a stored position below the top of the cabinet and also a swinging movement of the wringer in its operating position.

8. In a power-wringer construction, the combination with aI vertical drive shaft and a wringer disposed in a frame, of means associated with the upper end of the shaft for supporting the wringer in its frame in operative relation with the shaft to permit the frame to swing around the shaft as an axis above a predetermined plane and also to permit it to move with a single folding movement to a position below said plane.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names. Y

` HALSEY D. PAYNE.

ALVIN W. DE CLERQUE. SIDNEY T. SJOBERG. 

